The 2014 Draft Class And UDFA's

Maybe they haven't had faith in their recent defenses to generate pressure upfront. I think the pitch and catch is due more to the fear of bringing our CBs up and not getting home. They were/are concerned about our CBs being left out to dry with no pressure up front. The more pressure we get the tighter we can man up. I think the key is in mixing up our coverages more and not giving opposing QBs a open door to throw into. I feel we have upgraded significantly at safety and I think the days of Ike being solely responsible for the other guys best WRs are over that should also play into our favor. We need our younger DBs to step up as well and not just take up a roster spot.

 

Let's end the corner debate now 9th ranked passing defense 21st ranked rushing defense. The Pittsburgh STEELERS WERE 21st IN THE LEAGUE AGAINST THE RUSh 21st!

 

I think Archer in the 3rd was a luxury pick, should've drafted best CB on the board IMO.

 

Can anyone tell me more about Carrington? Is he truly just a FS or can be play CB? They have him listed as a DB....nothing specific.

 

The only pick I don't like is the archer pick. Its not that I don like his ability, which I see as limited, I just thought there were better options at the time.

I, however, will from here on in be on the tuitt bandwagon. I love the pick. I didn think we'd have a shot. I guess last years production dropped him that far. I'm excited about a guy that has played a 3-4 DE and like Jarvis was in a similar scheme. His learning curve will be much smaller and could possibly contribute quickly.

 

I hope Martavis Bryant isn't Limas Sweed 2.0 lol.

 

so says BRUSKI

 

Alot of class, contract....

 

I am not ecstatic about our draft but only time can tell. They most know something we don't to not think talented corners are needed in today's NFL. The front seven and the secondary go hand in hand when it comes to pass defense, when one group lacks the other suffers and vice versa. Hopefully this Richardson kid doesn't turn out to be just another permanent back-up... it cannot be that hard to supplant William Gay or Ike at this point in his career, for that matter.

I really dislike the Archer pick. Those types of players or more of a gimmick than anything. He's no Sproles or Tavon Austin as I know people will bring those guys up to justify it. He will be easily hurt and unable to break tackles, I just don't see a place for him. I hardly ever see returners get injured... I almost dont want there to be a reason to take Brown off the return game for this kid, too exciting watching him work.

 

I was thinking the same.

What really hurt us last few seasons was not having someone to match up against the elite TEs (not the only thing that hurt us, of course). We've sped up at LB - hopefully guys like Spence might come into the equation here as well.

While there are still a few picks I'm still hoping don't go the way past similar picks have - Archer, for example - what I like about this draft is that I get a sense of strategy surrounding the picks. The FO knew we needed help at corner - but sometimes 'help at corner' isn't always answered simply with CBs alone. Just like help with the run game isn't always answered by a stellar RB alone.

 

in our scheme the value of cb i s half of teh value of lb ,take two guy with the same value in the beginning for ex ... a guy like dennard with our 10 yard cushion would be slightly better than gay , guy like shazier vould be the next timmons ,this is the difference

 

That joke would've killed just a few years ago!

 

Grand pa Lebeau said two days ago that cornerback wasn't as big of a need as it is perceived to be, sometimes I wonder if he sees the big picture any more, we havent drafted a DB in the first round since Troy in 03, we had our pick of two corners this year and went linebacker again, so perceived or not the Bengals jumped on Dennard after we passed on him, that could come back to haunt us with Dennard in our Division...

 

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2013: Was a mainstay on the offensive line, starting all 12 games at left guard...closed his career with 32 straight starts...named to the 2013 American Athletic Conference All-Academic team.

 

So Mauro makes 2 players we had right in our Steeler picks in the mock...though we picked him in the 5th...

 

I can see him being an ILB/OLB backup and ST guy...similar to Sly.

 

Dennard will be great if he's allowed to get away with holding. I think we got better value early.

 

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